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The Duellists
A duel between two feuding Napoleonic officers D'Hubert and Feraud eventually evolves into a 16-year-old series of violent sword and pistol duels, after each bout, for various reasons, ends unresolved.
1 November 1943, Birmingham, England, UK
12 May 1922, London, England, UK
17 July 1946, Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
24 August 1932, London, England, UK
28 February 1952, Manila, Philippines
2 June 1941, Savannah, Georgia, USA
29 April 1943, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
6 June 1940, London, England, UK
29 January 1939, Hampstead, North London, England, UK
1968
22 November 1941, Paisley, Scotland, UK
24 September 1939, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
9 September 1939, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
13 May 1939, Brooklyn, New York, USA
18 August 1939, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
June 03, 2012
The richness of Scott's visuals, the excellence of the performances and the depth of the themes combine to make a minor masterpiece.
December 06, 2009
Interiors are bathed in the golden light of candlelight and nostalgia, like a period painting in motion, while exteriors are wrapped in fog and mist.
January 01, 2000
The film comes closer to working than it has any right to, given the curious casting (Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel) and director Ridley Scott's inability to sustain dramatic tension or build a coherent scene.
April 30, 2004
A magnífica fotografia, a bela direção de arte e as ótimas atuações se transformam em meros detalhes frente à impressionante estréia de Ridley Scott na direção de longas.
March 24, 2013
... one of the most strikingly pictorial movies ever made.
June 14, 2007
the film improves with multiple screenings, as a viewer becomes less concerned about the outcome of each engagement, and more interested in the passion that is driving it.
October 18, 2008
Keitel is jaunty and menancing and Carradine more determined and a bit troubled but also caught up in this strange need of one to prove honor and the other slaking a twisted nature.
June 03, 2012
Scott's approach to his material seems essentially a stylistic one; it imposes itself upon the story rather than visa-versa, giving an account of the Napoleonic wars that lacks passion and depth, despite the expert visuals.
April 05, 2015
The accounts of the wars lack passion and left me more disinterested in this brilliant story than I should have been.
January 26, 2006
Keitel struggles gamely against a wooden Carradine, but the American influences further dislocate a script that delivers little observation, psychological or social, on their running feud.
June 03, 2012
Scott gets strong performances from his supporting cast (Quick is sensual and effective) and is able to salvage the movie through the alchemy of the striking visuals.
May 20, 2003
It is precise, intelligent, civilized, and because it never for a moment mistakes its narrative purpose.